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Cheese22 said:
Totally down with this move. I'd say buy a pick even higher just to make sure you can get him. Dude has the genes and a ton of potential. Isn't that what the 2nd round is for?
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Yup! Welcome to the forum.
 
BonesJones said:
You question his mechanics? His mechanics are fine. If not good. Shoots quick, I one fluid motion, while leaving the ground... he'll have no problem shooting from NBA 3. From what I've seen, he also hits pullup jumpers very well.

You don't need athleticism to be good in the NBA, but you're underrating his first step. He looks fine when run of the line. Has a solid floater and is able to contort around the rim and knows when to pass out.
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Martell Webster also had good shot mechanics and Jake Layman’s shot also looks good. Doesn’t always translate.
 
Kevin Huerter tears ligaments in hand and will be sidelined for 2 months after undergoing surgery. Wonder how much that will effect his draft stock.
 
CupWizier said:
Kevin Huerter tears ligaments in hand and will be sidelined for 2 months after undergoing surgery. Wonder how much that will effect his draft stock.
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Probably not much.

Injury happened before he decided to officially enter the draft and should still be ready before training camps open.
 
JDC said:
Probably not much.

Injury happened before he decided to officially enter the draft and should still be ready before training camps open.
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It seems the bottom half of the mock drafts have him all over the place so it will be hard to determine. Unfortunately he won't be able to do workouts and possibly increase his draft status. Sounds like an intriguing prospect.
 
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Huerter has a promise from someone. Speculation is Utah at 21. My guess is Milwaukee at 17.
 
Cool cool rookies, what we’re not talking about enough is who are we trading the pick for?
 
Scalma said:
Cool cool rookies, what we’re not talking about enough is who are we trading the pick for?
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I doubt we trade the pick, unless it's to trade up the pick while taking back Faried.
 
BonesJones said:
I doubt we trade the pick, unless it's to trade up the pick while taking back Faried.
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Why would you doubt it, when everything is pointing towards just that? The Faried trade would go against everything Olshey has said as well. That’s more of a fan fantasy.
 
Scalma said:
Why would you doubt it, when everything is pointing towards just that? The Faried trade would go against everything Olshey has said as well. That’s more of a fan fantasy.
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There's no one available for the 24th pick that'd be worth getting.
 
I think we will take BPA at 24 and try to include in a trade later. Unless we have a potential trade set up and we find out who they want?
 
BonesJones said:
Who's available for #24 that'd be worth getting, in your opinion?
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In general or for Portland? We don’t even know who’s going to be available. Someone always falls. Musa is one name. I like this class of wings. But the point is teams will always be looking for rookie scale contracts, especially if they get to dump a vet contract in the process.
 
UKRAINEFAN said:
I think we will take BPA at 24 and try to include in a trade later. Unless we have a potential trade set up and we find out who they want?
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Waiting till free agency allows us to trade whoever we took at #24 (assuming we don't resign them), as well our 2019 1st.
 
Scalma said:
In general or for Portland? I don’t even know who’s going to be available. Someone always falls. Musa is one name. I like this class of wings. But the point is teams will always be looking for rookie scale contracts, especially if they get to dump a vet contract in the process.
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Worth getting in a trade for Portland, since you say they'll trade #24 for a player.

We don't need another Mason Plumlee for a 1st round pick type of trade...
 
BonesJones said:
Worth getting in a trade for Portland, since you say they'll trade #24 for a player.

We don't need another Mason Plumlee for a 1st round pick type of trade...
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If we get a wing version of Plumlee, I’ll take it.
 
Scalma said:
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Don't get salty. That's my point. You're not going to get an Oubre level player for the 24th pick, so I don't expect it to get traded straight across for a player.
 
Even Harkless, who put up better seasons at a younger age in Orlando than oubre only went for a protected second.
 
BonesJones said:
Don't get salty. That's my point. You're not going to get an Oubre level player for the 24th pick, so I don't expect it to get traded straight across for a player.
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Recall, at the time Mase was a second-year player putting up an 18 PER off the bench behind Brook Lopez. I wouldn't have thought he would be available with the 23 pick, and was pleasantly surprised with the deal. The comparison between Plumlee 2015 and Oubre now is actually a pretty strong one.
 
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